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While talking with producer Evan Goldberg a while back about Neighbors, we also chatted a bit about Preacher, the television adaptation of Garth Ennis’ gritty, acclaimed comic book series that he’s co-writing and producing for AMC along with Seth Rogen. Like a lot of comic readers, I’m a big fan of Preacher, and I’ve been […]

I enjoy Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane’s comedy and I’m a big fan of his directorial debut, Ted, so I was glad to have the chance to review A Million Ways To Die In The West, his new Wild West comedy. As I was watching it, though, one thing kept occurring to me: that this […]

Disney’s Maleficent arrives in theaters this weekend, so it’s not surprising that I’ve had fairy tales on the brain lately. In this week’s column, I ramble on a bit about the relationship between classic fairy tales and superhero stories, which are essentially modern-day fairy tales. Here’s an excerpt from the column: While that’s all well […]

With X-Men: Days Of Future Past on the horizon, I made mutants the focus of this week’s “Geek Beat” column for Movies.com. In it, I suggest a few X-Men from the team’s long and storied history that I’d like to see make the leap from page to screen in the modern X-Men franchise. Here’s an […]

It’s no secret that I’m ridiculously excited about Gareth Edwards’ upcoming Godzilla reboot, so I’ve enjoyed any and all opportunities to write about it. I got especially geeky in this week’s “Geek Beat” column for Movies.com, and put together what I consider to be a pretty darn good list of 10 movie monsters I’d love […]

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Rick Marshall is a professional geek, full-time journalist, occasional photographer, indentured servant to incestuous cats, unwilling party host, speedy talker, obsessive story collector, and most importantly, a dad. This is his personal blog.